Dark Energy Stars

Conference · Tue Mar 08 00:00:00 EST 2005

OSTI ID:15011619

Chapline, G

Event horizons and closed time-like curves cannot exist in the real world for the simple reason that they are inconsistent with quantum mechanics. Following ideas originated by Robert Laughlin, Pawel Mazur, Emil Mottola, David Santiago, and the speaker it is now possible to describe in some detail what happens physically when one approaches and crosses a region of space-time where classical general relativity predicts there should be an infinite red shift surface. This quantum critical physics provides a new perspective on a variety of enigmatic astrophysical phenomena including supernovae explosions, gamma ray bursts, positron emission, and dark matter.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 15011619
• Report Number(s): UCRL-PROC-210580; TRN: US0501294
• Resource Relation: Conference: Presented at: Texas Conference on Relativistic Astrophysics, Stanford, CA (US), 12/12/2004--12/17/2004; Other Information: PBD: 8 Mar 2005
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ASTROPHYSICS
EXPLOSIONS
NONLUMINOUS MATTER
PHYSICS
POSITRONS
QUANTUM MECHANICS
RED SHIFT
SPACE-TIME
STARS
SUPERNOVAE